Our request for proposals (RFP) dictate the labour requirements and practices that tradespeople must follow, to maintain the safety and transparency that underpin everything we do.
Electrical Power Systems Construction Association (EPSCA)
EPSCA negotiates and administers collective agreements with the Building Trades for OPG and all contractors performing trades work on OPG generating sites.
Current EPSCA collective agreements:
- Boilermakers
- Bricklayers
- Carpenters
- Cement Masons
- IBEW – Generation & Transmission (Electricians)
- Insulators
- Iron Workers
- Labourers – Generation & Transmission
- Millwrights
- Operating Engineers
- Painters
- Plasterers
- Rodmen
- Roofers
- Sheet Metal Workers
- Teamsters
- Tile and Terrazzo
- United Association (Plumbers & Pipefitters)
Building Trade Unions (BTUs)
In addition to EPSCA, OPG has collective agreements directly with two Building Trade Unions (BTU) which obligate contractors to comply with terms and conditions when working at OPG sites. They are the Canadian Union of Skilled Workers (CUSW) and the Brick and Allied Craft Union (BACU).
NOTE: Any company and any of its sub-contractors performing designated trades work on applicable OPG sites, either in accordance with the EPSCA collective agreements or CUSW or BACU, shall be required to conform and adhere to the provisions of those collective agreements.
OPG’s labour requirements process ensures contract bidders are aware of these obligations as they prepare their bids.
Labour requirement forms
The process is initiated when a labour requirement form is received by OPG. Decisions are based on the information contained in the labour requirement form as to whether the work should be done under the EPSCA, CUSW or BACU conditions, or whether these conditions do not apply. The nature of the work, monetary value of the contract, the hours of work, as well as the trades involved and jurisdictional issues are all taken into consideration to make this determination.
There are three possible determinations with respect to labour requirements:
- Form 1 – collective agreement provisions apply because work is above threshold.
- Form B – collective agreement provisions do not apply because work is below threshold.
- No labour requirement – collective agreement provisions do not apply because not trades work or off-property.
Explore all three determinations below.
For more information on the labour requirements for contractors and subcontractors, or to request a copy of the Form 1 tendering package documents (including collective agreements, wage schedules, and other requirements) and/or the Form B notice for review, please email labour.requirements@opg.com.
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